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Don’t know the correct terminology for this so will try to explain. If you look at a piece of wood left to right the colour shade looks dark turn the piece around so you now effectively looking right to left the colour shade looks light. For example made some wood coasters and veneered the edges...

Why am I making it with flexi veneer. Good question which I keep asking myself. Truth is that originally we where going for a different design which would have required a lot of mitre joints. My mitre joints are crap so plan was to use butt jointed MDF then veneer afterwards. All materials...

But that's half the fun. I enjoy making things and the challenges they bring. Nothing more satisfying than to look at something and think "I made that" (providing it turns out OK). Thus it's a hobby if you like. Will look for mouldings though would have thought with the right material should...

For my second attempt at furniture building going to TRY to build something like this Although not that clear from the picture the top overhangs by about 40mm on each side. This then meets the lower part of the cabinet via a 40mm curve. Bit like coving I suppose, can’t think of a better...

Yep using the real wood edging veneer. Much prefer using it rather than using the flexy veneer as edging because its much easier to use and because it gives a less noticeable edge join. Don’t know if it’s the paper backing or whether I’m doing something wrong but when using the flexy veneer...

As per my old thread where you helped me. Have a lot of mitre joints so needed the veneer for those. Wanted to go for the mdf veneered for the other areas but was worried about colour matching the flexy to the mdf. Have gone a few turns into the edging and its not getting any lighter. Some...

Started to try to make some furniture using MDF then veneering. Was going to use OAK but wife didn’t like the grain on crown cut and quarter cut was special order and expensive so in the end we went for cheery. Got a couple of sheets of 8’x4’ cheery flexy veneer which Richard Russel wood...

Those places sound good and are handy as I live near Epsom. Will have to visit both places. Thanks :) Apart from size, is there any techincal difference between the flexi compared to the leaf veneer. Assuming that no edge joints are required, because of the smaller size available, is one...

Thanks. Your furniture looks nice. Hope mine turns out as nice as yours :) Sounds like veneer is the way to go then. Seems quite expensive, not a lot different from the price of pre veneer MDF. Just need to find where to buy the "flexiveneer" from. Prefer to see and select pieces to get...

Wifey wants some new furniture, coffee table, TV unit, table lamp etc Been round the shops and seen some things that we like but they are either the wrong size, to expensive or crap quality. So said I would try to build them myself :(. Was going to be reasonably easy as her original...

Was wondering if that would work. Didn't know the sience of why wood rots so wasn't sure if putting a waterproof coating on would help or increase the rot since any damp would not be able to escape. But if its good for the farmers it good for me. Thanks for the replies :)

About to put up a new fence using wooden fence posts, don’t like concrete ones. There will be a small brick wall, about 2 bricks above ground level running between them with the fence panel sitting on top of them. Will concrete the posts into the ground. Was wondering if there is any...

Never used them but from what I saw did feel that this was the case so plastic plugs it is then. It’s just that in the past I have had a couple of those, which seemed sound at the time of fixing, work loose over a period of some years. Not sure why, but for that reason was looking for something...

If it ever does require moving forward then doubt that it would be any more than 2" most likely less but certainly no more than 4”. Its unlikely I will need to mount it forward but would rather cover all bases just in case.

Should be getting a 37” plasma and wall mount bracket early next week. Will be mounting onto plasterboard dab and dotted onto a brick wall. So will be drilling though the plasterboard and into the brick. Since it will be quite heavy an assuming that I need something a tad stronger than...

Not sure whether this or the Working Forum is best for this query. Tossed a coin and it ended here :) Got some single fixing point hooks that I want to fix to a bathroom door. The method as supplied is a single screw comprising 15mm wood thread then the remainder in the metric equivalent of...

If you do it that way and then tile it, how will you ever be able to get to the U-bend when it blocks? or am I missing something (only looked at the pictures :))

Oki doki sharp chisel and practice it is then. Thought the gadget was to good to be true but did look easy in the advert :)

Ok so its done. Used a mixture of masking tape and electrical tape in the end. Made sure that the silicon went deep under the tiles (10mm) then smoothed off with my finger. Looked good at the time and seemed to end flush with the face of the tile. However next day when removing the tape the...

Thanks for the electrical insulation tipe but think I will stick with masking tape. The reason being that it's easier to trim. Rather than trying to mask to the exact edges I tend to go over then trim back using a very sharp blade. That way I can get an exact fit. @ foxhole Think what part of...